resistance - Meaning in Konkani

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resistance - Meaning in Konkani

resistance Word Forms & Inflections

Definitions and Meaning of resistance in English

resistance noun

1. the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with

   Synonyms

   opposition, opposition

   विरोध

   Examples

   • "despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead"
   • "he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens"
2. the military action of resisting the enemy's advance

   Example

   • "the enemy offered little resistance"
3. group action in opposition to those in power
4. an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current

   Synonyms

   resistor

5. (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
6. the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
7. a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force

   Synonyms

   underground

8. any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
9. a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms

   Synonyms

   electric resistance, electrical resistance, impedance, ohmic resistance, resistivity

10. the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents

    Example

    • "these trees are widely planted because of their resistance to salt and smog"
11. (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease

    Synonyms

    immunity

Synonyms of resistance

• opposition
• resistor
• underground
• electric resistance, electrical resistance, impedance, ohmic resistance, resistivity
• immunity

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